Relationships among Phenotypic Traits of Giant African Land Snails in Western region of Nigeria The relatedness among three populations (A. achatina, A. fulica and A. marginata) of giant African land snails, a highly relished source of protein in West Africa was studied. Three h...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/35066
Evolution of Lipid Oxidation in Syrian Olive Oil under Irradiation and Storage Aims: The current study examines variations in Syrian olive oil (SOO) after gamma irradiation treatment and during storage. Study Design: Four irradiation treatments (0, 1, 2 and 3 kGy) were distribute...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/38271
Prevalence of Malaria Parasitaemia in Three Selected Local Government Areas of Niger State, North Central, Nigeria Introduction: Malaria- a parasitic protozoan infection, caused by Plasmodium species- is a major public health challenge in Africa. Aside hundreds of thousands of an...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/37884
Treat Oculocutaneous Albinism with Gene Therapy Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a group of hereditary recessive disorder recognized as a loss of pigmentation. OCA can derive from mutations in different genes that produce melanin. These mutations cause disturbances to get a stand...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/38504
In vitro Rapid Regeneration of Betel Vine (Piper betle L.) The experiment was conducted on betel vine (Piper betle L.) for in vitro regeneration in Biotechnology Lab. of the Department of Biotechnology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh from the period of July 201...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/38630
Jerome Anani Houngue, Gilles Habib Todjro Cacaï, Justin S. Pita, Martine Zandjanakou -Tachin, Edwige Fougnigué Yeo & Corneille Ahanhanzo·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2017
Aims: Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), subsistence crop in sub-Saharan Africa was threatened by cassava mosaic virus that caused a devastated disease. This study aims to test thermotherapy as sanitation method in mechanical transmission study of cassava mosaic virus. Methodolo...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/38149
Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate the evolutionary relationship of a family of cold shock proteins (CSP) in ten mammalian species using bioinformatics tools and soft wares such as Genbank, FASTA, BLAST and MEGA 5. Sample: Twenty protein sequences of both RBM3 and CIRP...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/36326
Aims: In view of the growth of the production of artisan beers and the influence of aeration on microbial growth, this work aimed to show the importance of approaching the transfer of oxygen in aerobic fermentation processes. Study Design: In this study the agitation in the propa...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/37980
Background: Cervical cancer is the most common genital malignancy and one of the leading causes of death among the female population. Cervical cancer continues to be with high prevalence among the populace in Africa. It is one of the cancers whose incidence has been drastically r...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/37620
Evaluation of the Anti-lipid Peroxidative Potential of Ficus capreifolia Leaf Extract Using In-vitro Models Aims: To investigate the anti-lipid peroxidation, DPPH radical scavenging and phosphomolybdate reducing abilities of Ficus capreifolia leaf extract. Study Design: The study...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/37648
Aims: This study sought to determine the effect of rice husk and melon shell powders and ashes in the control of Callosobruchus maculatus- a storage pest of cowpea. Study Design: Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Place and Duration of Study: Entomology Section, Cocoa Research I...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/37114
Correlating Zinc Phytoaccumulation of Cyperus iria Linn with Soil Chemical Parameters in a Metal Contaminated Soil Amended with Orange Peels Correlating Zinc phytoaccumulation of Cyperus iria Linn with Soil chemical parameters in a metal contaminated soil amended with orange peel...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/37205
Composting is one of the universally accepted methods of waste disposal which has become a waste management option in the developing countries. In this study, which was conducted to assess the microbial population dynamics in regulated compost. Organic wastes (Cassava peel, poult...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/37543
Comparative Analysis of Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activities of Methanolic Extracts of Leaves, Roots and Bark of Jackfruit (Artocapus heterophyllus) from Selected Regions in Kenya and Uganda Aim: To determine and compare the phytochemical composition and antioxida...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/37355
The study assessed the yield of Pleurotus sajor-caju cultivated from the sawdust of four wood species: Triplochiton scleroxylon and Ceiba petandra (indigenous tree species), Gmelina arborea and Tectona grandis (exotic tree species). The substrates of the four wood species were pr...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/37093